Nannoptopoma, a new genus of loricariid catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Amazon and Orinoco River Basins

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 913-926

  Schaefer, Scott A ^a,b  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOPTOPOMA; LORICARIIDAE; NANNOPTOPOMA; OTOCINCLUS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0030482165     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447654     Document Type: Article

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